Audiovox D1917ES User manual

D1917ES
PORTABLE 9" LCD MONITOR, DVD PLAYER AND
EXTRAMONITOR

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AnLCDpanel and/or videomonitor maybeinstalled in amotor
vehicle and visible to thedriver iftheLCDpanelor video monitor
is used for vehicle information, system control, rear or side
observationor navigation. Ifthe LCD panelorvideomonitoris
used fortelevision reception, video or DVD play, theLCDpanel or
video monitor must be installed sothat these featureswill only
function when the vehicleisin park”or when the vehicle’spark-
ing brake isapplied.
AnLCD panel orvideomonitor usedfor television reception, video
or DVD playthat operates when the vehicleisingear or when the
parkingbrake is notappliedmust be installedto therearof the
driver’sseat where it willnot bevisible, directly or indirectly, to the
operatorof themotor vehicle.
Notice:
This Product incorporatescopyrightprotectiontechnologythatis
protectedby methodclaims of certainU.S. Patents andotherintel-
lectual propertyrightsownedbyMacrovisionCorporation and other
rights owners. Use of this copyrightprotection technologymust be
authorizedby Macrovision Corporation, andis intendedforhome
andother limitedviewing uses only unlessotherwise authorizedby
MacrovisionCorporation. Reverseengineering ordisassembly is
prohibited.

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Content
A.Introduction............................................................................ 4
B.Cautionsand Warnings........................................................ 4
C.Contents ............................................................................... 6
D.PoweringandInstallation ..................................................... 6
E.Vehicle Installation.....................................................8
F.Controls,Indicatorsand Connectors................................... 10
G. Loadingand PlayingaDisc ................................................. 12
H.BasicOperation......................................................................13
I. Menu .................................................................... 14
J.Display...................................................................................14
K.PlayingAudio CDS................................................................ 17
L. Playing MP3 Discs ..........................................................18
M.ConnectingtoOtherElectronicEquipment.........................20
N.PlayingJPEGFiles........................................................... .21
O.Connecting the Monitorto aGame orCamcorder.............. 22
P.Setup....................................................................................23
Q. Specifications ...................................................................... 26
R.Rechargeable BatteryInstallation andUse ......................... 26
S. Troubleshooting ................................................................. 29

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A.Introduction
Thankyoufor choosing the D1917ESportableDVD playerand extra
monitor.Themain features include two 9" DigitalScreen(16:9 As-
pect Ratio) Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) monitors and aDVDplayer.
The unitalso containsa3in 1cardreaderand aUSB port. The unitis
designed forusewithSD/MMC,MSmemory cardsand USB memory
devices.The unit appliesthelatest state of theart electronics and is
designed foruse inhotels, officesor your home. The unitiscon-
structedto provide years ofreliable, trouble-free service and is com-
pactsothatyoucantakeit with you anywhereandis designedfor
quickandeasy installation.Please readtheentire instructionmanual
supplied with thisproduct prior to using. The documentation will as-
sist you inusing the system properly to obtainthe best equipment
performance. Please save this manual for lateruse.
B. Cautions and Warnings
1. Placement
Toprevent fireor electric shock, donot expose this unit to rainor
moisture. Keep the unit away from strong magnets, heat sources,
directsunlight, excessivedust. Ifthe unitis brought directly from a
coldto a warmlocation,moisture maycondense inside the unit.
When you move the unit fromacold toawarm location, waitfor
about one hour before operating the unit, or remove the disc and
leavethe unitturned on until themoistureevaporates.
2. Installation
Ensurethatthe 9”portableDVD player andextramonitorareused
inaccordancewith theinstructionsandillustrationsprovidedinthis
manual.
3. Caution
Donotpushobjectsof anykindintothe unitthroughopenings;do
not spill or sprayliquid ofanykind on or in the unit (thismay

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result in a fireor electricshock). Donot place anything heavyon
the unit. To ensure proper ventilation and proper operation, never
coverorblocktheslotsandopenings withaclothorothermaterial.
Keep theunit away fromanopenflamesuch as fire, candle etc.
Replacing the batteryincorrectly ishazardous. Replacethe bat-
teryonly with the same or equivalent type. In ordertoprotect the
environment, pleasedispose the batteryproperly. Do notuse the
unit intemperatures higher than95 degrees Fahrenheit or35 de-
grees Celsius.
4.Disassembly
Do not attempt to disassemble the unit’scase. There is a risk of
electric shock and/orexposure toLaser Radiation.Contact quali-
fied service personnel if your system needs repair.
5.Cleaning Unit
Whencleaning,makesurethesystem isunplugged fromthepower
source. Donotuseliquid cleaners or aerosolcleaners. Usea cloth
lightly dampenedwith waterfor cleaningtheexterior ofthe system
only.
6. Disc
Do not use irregularlyshaped discs such asheart orstar-shaped
discs as theymay cause the unittomalfunction.Donotstickpaper,
tapeor glue on the disc. Do not expose thedisc to direct sunlight
or heat sources. Do not touchthe surface ofdisc. Handle thedisc
by itsedge. Cleanthedisc bywipingthedisc from the center out
with a clean cloth. Remove the disc from the unit and store it in its
case after playing. Some playback operations ofdiscsmaybe in-
tentionallyfixed by software producers. Since this unit plays discs
according to the disc contentsthesoftwareproducers designed,
some playbackfeatures maynot be available. Also referto the
instructionssuppliedwiththediscs.

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7.RegionalCoding
Both theDVDplayer and disc are coded by region. These
regional codes must match inorder for thedisc toplay.Ifthe
codesdon’t match, the disc won’t play. This unit’s code is region
1. DVD’s with other regional codes cannot be played in thisunit
C. Contents
1. 1 x 9’’ LCDMonitor and DVDPlayer
2. 1x 9’’ LCDMonitor
3. 1 xRemote Control with battery(CR2025)
4. 1 x Audio/VideoAdapter Cable(One to ThreeFemale)
5. 1x Audio/VideoAdapter Cable(Oneto ThreeMale)
6. 1 xAC to DCAdapter
7. 1 x Y Type DC Power Adapter
8. 1x Instruction Manual
9. 1 xRechargeable Battery
10.1x Mounting BagWith Straps for theMonitor
11.1 xCarryBagWith Straps
D. Powering and Installation
1. Powering the system indoors (Refer to Figure 1)
Plug one end of theAC to DC adapterinto the DCinputjackon the
left side ofthe mainunit, then plugthe otherend intothe 110~240V
AC power receptacle.
Figure1
SingleMonitorMain Unit

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Note: Unplugthe the unit from its power source and remove the
rechargeablebatteryif theunitis not goingto be used for a long
time.
2. Powering the system in a car (Refer to Figure 2)
Plugone end of the DC Power adapter into the DC input jackon
theunit, thenplugthe other endinto the vehicle power outlet.
Main Unit
RightSide
Monitor
Monitor Main Unit
Figure2

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E. Vehicle Installation
Installing the DVD Player and monitor onto a car seat
(Refer to Figures 3 through 5)
1).Unfoldthe carrybagand place theDVDplayer onthebag
beneaththe elastic straps. Ensurethat the unit scornersare
secured bythe elasticstraps.
2).Securetheupper portion of the carry bag toheadrest support
barsusingthe headreststrap.Adjust the headreststrap untilthe
bag isfirmly secured.
3). Securethelowerportionofthecarry bagto the vehicleseat back
using the seatback strap.Adjust the seat back strap until the
bag isfirmly secured.
Figure3
Figure3
Elastic
Straps
CarryBagClosed
VehicleSeat
Back
VehicleHeadrest
CarryBagOpened
Headrest
Strap
Seat Back
Strap

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Installing the monitor
Option 1 Vehicle Headrest (Refer to Figure 4)
Figure4
Slidethe Monitor intothe pouch and attach theVelcro strapsto se-
cure the Monitorinthe pouch.Loopthe strap ofthe poucharoundthe
headrest andpullthe endofthe strapwhileholdingthe buckleto
secure the pouch to the headrest
Option 2 Flat Surface (Refer to Figure 5)
Figure5
Rotate the base of Monitor backwardandplace onaflat surface.
Adjust thescreen for a proper viewingangle. Thiscanbedonewith
the Monitor insideor outside the pouch.

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F. Controls, Indicators and Connectors
1. LCD MonitorandDVD Player (Referto Figure6)
Figure 6
11) Charge Indicator
12)Headphone Jack 1*
13)HeadphoneJack 2
14) Volume Up/DownControl
15) Brightness Up/Down Control
16)LCD Panel Shut Off Switch
17) Wide Button
18) Previous/Next/Pause/Stop/Play
19)MenuButton
20) Up/Down/Left/Right/OK Button
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1) Battery Release Button
2) DC 9V InputJack
3)AVJack
4)AVIn/Out Switch
5) USB Port
6)Power ON/OFF Switch
7) SD/MMC/MSCard Slot
8)Power LED
9)Remote Control Sensor
10) Cover Open Switch
* Connectingto headphone jacknumber 1 will disable the
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2. MonitorView (Refer to Figure 7)
Figure7
1) Volume Up/DownControl
2)Power ON/OFF Switch
3)AV INJack
4) DC 9V Jack
5) Headphone Jack(Disables the internal speakers)
6)ReverseSwitch
7) Brightness Up/Down Control
NOTE: Slide the ReverseSwitch to rotate the picture 180 degrees.
image.
NOTE:Toviewthe monitorrotate the base backward andplaceit
on a flat surface. Adjust the screen for a proper viewing angle. This
can be done with the monitor inside or outside the pouch.
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3.Remote Control (Refer to Figure8)
1) Setup Button
2) UpButton
3) Skip- Button
4) Enter Button
5) Reverse/Left Keypad
6)DownButton
7)Numeric Buttons
8) DisplayButton
9) Zoom Button
10)DVD/SD-USB Button
11) Skip + Button
12) A-B Repeat Button
13) Forward/Right Keypad
14)1/All Repeat Button
15) Stop Button
16)MenuButton
17) Subtitle Button
18)Audio Button
19) Play/Pause Button
G. Loading and Playing a Disc
a. After connectingpower to the unit, power on the DVD player with
the power switch. The power indicator will light.
b.Openthedisctrayby sliding theOPEN switch inthe directionof
the arrow. Place a disc in the traywith label sidefacingup.
c.Closethe trayby pressingthearea marked PRESS”.Theunitwill
load the discand start playing.
d. Rotate VOLUMEto adjust the LCD’sbrightness and the DVD
player’svolume.
e. To stopplaying adisc,pressSTOP.
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H. Basic Operation
POWER
OPEN
PAUSE
STOP
PLAY
Skip +NEXT
Skip-PREVIOUS
FORWARD
REVERSE
ANGLE
LEFT/RIGHT/UP/
DOWN
ENTER
NUMBERS
MENU
REPEAT
A-B
DISPLAY
SUBTITLE
AUDIO
SETUP
WIDE
Turnthe uniton/off
Remove/load the disc
Press topause play and againtore-start play.
Press once to stop and restart at thestop point
Press twice to stop and restart at the
beginning of thedisk
Start Play/Execute item or setting
Goto thenextchapter, track or scene
during play back
Gobacktothe previouschapter, track
or scene duringplayback
Scan forward at 2, 4, 8,16 or
32 times speed
Scan backward at 2, 4, 8, 16or
32 times speed
Changethe viewingangle of the scene
Used forMenu Navigation
Execute item or confirm setting
Select item or setting
Display the mainmenu ofthe disc
Repeat playingtitle, chapter, or track
Repeat a specific portionfrom
pointAto pointBof thedisc
Display information (title, chapter, track,
time, etc.).
Select thesubtitlelanguage andturn it
on/off
Selecttheaudio language
Displaythe setup menuto select and
set items, and exit the setup menu.
On the player only: change between wide
screen and 4:3 picture aspectratio.

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I.Menu
A DVD is divided into sections called titlesandchapters. When you
play a DVD, the root menu of thedisc will appearon the screenof
your TV orMonitor. The contents ofthe menu varyfrom disc to disc.
Press MENU duringplaybackto display the menu. Some DVDs only
allowyou to select disc playbackoptions using the DVD root menu.
J.Display
1. PLAYINGTIME AND REMAININGTIME
a. Duringplaybackpress the ‘DISPLAY’button to displaythe cur-
rent Title Number (1), the total Number ofTitles (2), the current
ChapterNumber (3), thetotal Numberof Chapters (4), andthe
elapsed playingtime for the title (5).
Title, Chapter Number, and TimeScreenDisplay
b.Pressing‘DISPLAY’repeatedlywillprovide the followingsequen-
tial options below:
TitleElapsed: The elapsedtime ofthe title
Title Remain:The remaining time ofthe title
Chapter Elapsed: The elapsed time ofthe chapter
Chapter Remain: The remainingtime ofthe chapter
Display Off: The DVD’s time information is removed from view.
Title Elapsed
TitleRemain
Chapter Elapsed
Chapter Remain
DisplayOff

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Audio Language
2. SUBTITLE
Duringdisc playbackpress ‘SUBTITLE’toselectthe subtitle language
youdesire*,withthecurrentSubtitle LanguageNumber(1) andthe
total Number of Subtitle Languages(2)displayed. Ifthere are mul-
tiplelanguagespress ‘SUBTITLE’againto selectanother subtitlelan-
guage.Toturn subtitles OFF,press the ‘SUBTITLE’button until ‘Sub-
titleOff’isdisplayed.TheSubtitledisplay willdisappearautomatically
ifthe ‘SUBTITLE’button is not pressed again within 3 seconds.
*SomeDVDs onlyallowaccess tothis function throughthe DVD menu.
3. AUDIO
During playbackpress ‘AUDIO’to select theaudio languageyou de-
sire*, with the current Audio Channel Number (1) and the total num-
ber of AudioChannels(2)displayed.PressAUDIOagain to select
anotheraudio language. The audiodisplaywill disappear automati-
callyifthe ‘AUDIO’button is not pressed within for 3 seconds.
*SomeDVDs onlyallowaccess tothis function throughthe DVD menu.
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4. A-B REPEAT
a. Duringplaybackpress ‘A-B’to set the StartingPointA.
b. Press ‘A-B’asecond time to set the EndingPoint B. The player
willrepeatedlyplay the part betweenPointA andPoint B.
c. Press A-B a third time to cancelA-B repeat and resume normal
playback.
5. 1/ALLREPEAT
a.Duringplayback press‘1ALL/REPEAT’repeatedly tocycle through
therepeat modes.
Chapter:Repeat the current chapter
Title:Repeat the current title
All:Repeat all chapters and titles
Repeat Off:Resume normal playback
The ‘Chapter’repeat displayis shown below:
A-B Repeat Starting Point A-BRepeatEnding PointA-B Repeat Cancelled
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K. PlayingAudio CDs
When playing an audio CD pressthe DISPLAY button repeatedly on
theremotetoview timeinformation.Theoptions belowaredisplayed
in thefollowingsequence.
CD Display Mode
Single Elapsed:Thecurrenttrackplayingandelapsedplaying time of
that trackis displayed on the screen.
Single Remain:The current trackplayingand theamount of time
leftto playon the track.
SingleElapsed
SingleRemain
Total Elapsed
Total Remain
Display Off
Zoom
6.ZOOM
Duringplayback press ‘ZOOM’to enlarge thepicture by2X, 3X ,4X.
(1) Press ZOOM”one time, the picture will be enlarged 2X.
(2) Press ZOOM”a second time, the picture will be enlarged 3X.
(3) Press ZOOM”a thirdtime, the picture will be enlarged 4X.
(4) Press ZOOM”afourth time, the picture will return to normalsize.
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Total Elapsed:The current track playingand the totaltime thatthe
CD hasbeen playing.
Total Remain:The current track playingand the amount oftime
remaining on theCD.
Display Off:The CD time information is not displayed.
USING THE1/ALLREPEATFEATURE
Thedefaultmode forthe Repeat feature isOFF.PressingREPEAT
consecutively changes the repeat options:
•Track-repeats the track that isplaying.
•All-repeats the disc that isplaying.
•Repeat Off
Asyou toggle throughthe options,the repeatoptionchanges. The selected
repeat option loops repeatedly until you turn itoff.
L. Playing MP3 Discs
MP3isa format for storingdigital audio.AnaudioCD-quality songis
compressed into theMP3 format with very littleloss ofaudio quality
whiletaking up much less disc space.CD-R/RWdiscs that have
beenencoded in MP3formatare compatible with this system.
Whenan MP3discis insertedintothe unit, themenuscreenappears
automatically.Youcanuse themenuscreentoselect your desired
foldersandsongs orthesystem plays thesongs in theorder they
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1.Press the or buttontochoosea folderfrom thefolder liston
the leftsideof the screen.
2. Press ENTER to select the highlighted folder. The songs avail-
able inthefolder willbe listed.
3.Use the or button to chooseasong fromthelist. Press
ENTERtoselectandbegin playback ofthehighlighted song.
4. Use the( NEXT ) buttonto move to the nextsong. Pressthe
(PREVIOUS) button to move to the beginningof the previous
song.
USINGTHEREPEATFEATURE
Thedefault modefor the Repeat feature isOFF. Pressing REPEAT
consecutively changes the repeat options:
•Repeat One (repeat playback ofa song)
•Repeat Folder (repeatplaybackofa specific folder)
•RepeatOff (normal playback)
As you toggle throughthe options, the repeat mode changes. The
selected repeat mode loops repeatedly until you turn it off.
Note:
”iconinfront ofafilenameindicates that thisisafolder,not an
MP3file.
MP3”iconinfrontofafilenameindicates that thisis aMP3 file.
Note:
Due tothe company’s policy ofconstant improvement and technical re-
finement, the company reservestheright to changeor alter software.

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M. Connecting to Other Electronic Equipment
1. Connecting to a TV or Another Monitor ( Refer to Figure 9)
a. Set theAVIn/OutSwitch to the Out”Position.
b.Connectoneendoftheaudio/videocable’sblack (1/8”plug)plug
intotheunit’sDVD AVjackandconnecttheother endtotheAUDIO
INPUT jacksonyour TVor Monitor usingthe AVadapter cable
(white =left audiochannel, red=rightaudiochannel, yellow=video).
Figure9
2.Connecting to a Game or Camcorder (Refer to Figure 9)
a. Set the AVIn/Out Switch to the In”Position.
b.Connectoneendoftheaudio/videocable’sblack (1/8”plug)plug
intothe unit’sDVD AVjackand connectthe otherend totheAUDIO
Outputjacks onyour Camcorderor other DVDusingtheAVadapter
cable (white= left audio channel, red = right audio channel, yellow=
video).
Note: Do not connect anAV signal source with theAV jackwhenthe
AVIn/Out Switchis set tothe Out”position.
3.Headphones
Optionalwiredheadphones maybeusedwiththe unit.Simply plugin
theheadphonestoeitherHeadphone1jack*orHeadphone2jackon
therightside oftheDVDplayerortheHeadphonejack onthe monitor.
(Refer to Figure 10 and11)